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2013 Ranked #15,591

Village In A Box

A simultaneous card-building game has players trade and develop medieval villages through a small technology tree for points. Advanced buildings depend on earlier ones, while limited carryover cards make each round’s choices and trades matter.

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Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

1.33/5

Rating

6.12

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

This is a short game that centers on trading cards and making wise, small decisions to navigate a medieval tech tree and build a village.

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This is a short game that centers on trading cards and making wise, small decisions to navigate a medieval tech tree and build a village. Players pick up 6 cards at the beginning of each round and play their hands simultaneously, building what they can and trying to trade with each other. At the end of each round, a player may hold no more than 2 cards to carry into the next round. The cards represent little buildings or territories, each of which are worth a certain number of points. More advanced buildings require less advanced buildings to be completed first, structured around a low-impact, discoverable tech tree. The graphics contain paths and other elements that allow players to position the cards to create an aerial view of their village over the course of the game. Each card is worth a few points; the game ends when any village is worth over 20 points, and the player with the most points in his village wins the game.

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
15 min
Age
12+
Complexity
1.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Peter Jackson

Artists

2
Peter Jackson Benjamin Jackson

Publishers

1
Woooooober Games

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